Editorial
2009
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Three from Miami
By Anne Tschida
Miami, as most of us now know, is home to some of the most prominent and important contemporary art collectors in the world. They in turn have spawned a new generation of local connoisseurs, all … +
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Whirl Crash Go! The TM Sisters
By Cara Despain
The TM Sisters combine a slew of seemingly unlikely elements in their work – art, specialized sports, club culture – and this friction is central to their most recent collaborative work at Locust Projects in … +
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Time is on Bernice’s side. A conversation with Bernice Steinbaum
By Mia Opalka
Thirty-four years is a long time to be in any business, let alone in one as seemingly fickle as the art business. As the art world ponders whether it’s hit a plateau or if its … +
Miami Art Museum. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
By Fran Robbins
The showing of contemporary art in Miami is real evidence of this area’s artistic maturation and its need to define itself as more than just a vacation spot. While the Miami Art Museum is one … +
The Coconut Grove Art Stroll
By Manuela Gabaldon
The first Saturday of every month has become an exciting event in the Coconut Grove art scene as The Coconut Grove Art Stroll on the Promenade at Mayfair has turned into a monthly destination for … +
Miami Art Space
By Manuela Gabaldon
An urban oasis lies just north of the Wynwood Art District limits. What once was a dry cleaning warehouse and later an abandoned building has been transformed into an incredible venue of the arts called … +
Miami Lyric Opera
By Manuela Gabaldon
The Colony Theater in Miami’s South Beach was home this past month to the production of Miami Lyric Opera’s Marina. Presented for 2 nights only, this 3-act Spanish Opera with the music of Emilio Arrieta … +
The Americas Collection
By Manuela Gabaldon
Established Coral Gables gallery The Americas Collection, founded in 1991 by the Ortiz-Guardian family and under the current direction of Velia Larcinese and Silvia Ortiz, has moved across the street from its former location to … +
Mad Cat Theatre Company
By Manuela Gabaldon
It is no secret that there is something for everyone in the Miami art scene. If the theater is what calls to you, taking a chance on smaller companies and their productions may be something … +
Miami City Ballet. Making the Cultural Statement
By Fran Robbins
A quarter-century ago, Edward Villella was in South Florida giving a lecture. After his speech, a group of arts activists approached. They wanted to start a ballet troupe here, they told him, and didn’t know … +
Summer Highs. Off-season in Miami? Don’t think so!
By Anne Tschida
It’s summertime in Miami: Official artistic activity slows down as the temperature heats up and various members of the cultural community depart to cooler and slightly less lethargic locales across the globe. But the season … +
Andres Michelena. The Translation of Thought
By Manuela Gabaldon
It is hard to find the right words sometimes, isn’t it? There have been about a thousand instances in which I knew exactly what I was feeling, exactly what was driving me, yet my brain … +
Enriched community. The bottom line for Miami-Dade’s cultural non-profit organizations
By Steve Mayo
Almost the only rich thing about cultural enrichment these days is the struggle these organizations face. If big business, local, state and federal governments are facing a grim economic scene, then cultural non-profits across the … +
Art from the Scholls Collection at the Frost Art Museum
By Janet Batet
Art nowadays is a very enigmatic activity for those not initiated in this very tiny marvelous world. Curiously, from its very beginning, art was only conceivable as an active part of the life and the … +
Many Mayamis. One Teo Castellanos
By Cara Despain
Like a one-man band, Teo Castellanos is a cacophony of characters and vernaculars all rolled into one. Widely recognized for NE 2nd Ave, a performance that incurred many accolades in it’s global jaunts including the … +
La Vie, une Faune et le Printemps
By Dinorah Perez Rementeria
Compagnie Marie Chouinard at Colony Theatre in Miami Beach In December 2008, my parents and I visited Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, for the first time. I wanted Jesús to go with us too, but … +
Energized! Meatball is Miami’s most “potentially” energized artist
By Cara Despain
Potential energy is more or less defined as “the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; rather than it’s motion”. The idea of stored energy seems to refer to Miami local … +
Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts
By Manuela Gabaldon
May/June 09. The arts are in a constant struggle for survival in today’s educational system. As supporters of the arts we should be as concerned with every art form’s existence in our educational institutions as … +
Arteaméricas 2009
By Manuela Gabaldon
May/June 09. Arteaméricas, the fair that defines trends of contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists, took place on March 27th through March 30th, 2009 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. This art fair, … +
Ideobox Artspace
By Manuela Gabaldon
May/June 09. As we have spoken of many times before, and will continue to speak of for as long as we have a voice, the revolutionary efforts of the Wynwood Art District rely on the … +
Love Stories / Historias de Amor: Social Responsibility Program for the Protection of Minorities
By Manuela Gabaldon
May/June 09. Pablo Peinado, curator of Coleccion Visible’s Love Stories / Historias de Amor, presents Miami with his collection of homosexual art in avid support of the gay rights movement in Spain and around the … +
Florida Dance Association’s WinterFest
By Manuela Gabaldon
WinterFest, from The Florida Dance Association, producers of the renowned Florida Dance Festival, made its debut this past 2008 holiday season in Miami and Miami Beach. At the festival, South Florida dance fans had the … +